Reconstruction

Question 1

what was Lincon’s 10% plan

Answer 1

confederate states would be allowed to re-join the union if 10% of their electorate swore allegiance to the union

Question 2

when was the 13th Amendment ratified

Answer 2

1865

Question 3

When was the Civil rights bill

Answer 3

1866

Question 4

when was the KKK formed

Answer 4

1866

Question 5

when was the 15th Amendment

Answer 5

1870

Question 6

when was the 14th Amendment

Answer 6

1868

Question 7

When was the Freedman’s Bureau set up

Answer 7

1865

Question 8

what were Jim Crow laws

Answer 8

separate but equal

Question 9

What was Plessey vs Ferguson and when was it

Answer 9

deemed Jim Crow constitutional 1896

Question 10

Examples of education for black Americans

Answer 10

Frisk School and Atlanta University

Question 11

when was the Colfax Massacre

Answer 11

1873

Question 12

What happened at the Colfax Massacre

Answer 12

after an election resulted in both sides claiming victory
pro-reconstruction forces occupied government buildings
a battle followed and 150 people were killed, mostly black
97 were arrested but many were freed after the Enforcement acts were deemed unconstitutional

Question 13

when was the 13th amendment

Answer 13

1865

Question 14

what did the 13th amendment do

Answer 14

outlawed slavery

Question 15

who vetoes the 1866 CRA

Answer 15

Johnson

Question 16

what did the 14th Amendment do

Answer 16

made civil right act constitutional so it could not be vetoed

Question 17

what did the 15th Amendment do

Answer 17

made it illegal to deny voting rights

Question 18

When was the second CRA

Answer 18

1875

Question 19

what did the 1875 CRA do

Answer 19

allowed equal access to public facilities

Question 20

limitations of the CRA

Answer 20

by 1883 most of it had been deemed unconstitutional

Question 21

literacy rates in the South

Answer 21

90% African-Americans in the South were illiterate vs 50% of white children 1870

Question 22

what was the Freedman’s Bureau

Answer 22

federally funded
provided housing, employment, education etc.

Question 23

When was the Hayes Comprimise

Answer 23

1877

Question 24

What was the Hayes comprimise

Answer 24

Democrats agreed to give Republican Hayes the presidency if federal troops were removed from the South

Question 25

when was the slaughterhouse case

Answer 25

1873

Question 26

What did the Slaughterhouse case do

Answer 26

enforced State power rather than Federal power so undermined the 14th Amendment

Question 27

what was used to limit the African-American vote

Answer 27

grandfather clauses, poll taxes and literacy tests

Question 28

What % of the population in SC were black and what % of them could vote

Answer 28

60% and 1%

Question 29

how many people were lynched per week in the 1890s

Answer 29

2

Question 30

in how many lynchings was sexual assault not alleged or proven

Answer 30

2/3

Question 31

positives of segregation

Answer 31

allowed a black middle class to develop

Question 32

what was peonage

Answer 32

debt slavery, black farmers tied to white landowners until debt was paid but debt was deliberately prolonged

Question 33

difference in value of slaves before and after emancipation

Answer 33

slaves were more valued as they were expensive but after emancipation they could be worked until death with no repercussions

Question 34

what would happen if labour was needed

Answer 34

sweep arrests of African-Americans

Question 35

what proportion of convicts were under 16 in the south

Answer 35

up to 1/3

Question 36

how many African-Americans left the south in 1879

Answer 36

40,000

Question 37

what proportion of the black population were illiterate by 1880

Answer 37

70%

Question 38

example of African Americans with political power

Answer 38

2 black senators and 20 black representatives

Question 39

how many teachers at Freedmen's schools by 1869

Answer 39

9,500

Question 40

When were the three enforcement acts passed

Answer 40

1870 and 2 in 1871

Question 41

what did the Enforcement Acts do

Answer 41

strengthened the provisions of the 14th and 15th Amendments to try and limit discrimination and ensure voting Allowed federal military force to those who denied this

Question 42

what fraction of black children attended schools

Answer 42

2/5

Question 43

How did Johnson oppose the Freedmen's Bureau

Answer 43

did not extend it in 1866 (though congress overrode this)

Question 44

How many A-A landowners by 1870

Answer 44

30,000 (vs 4m who did not own land)

Question 45

how many dies during the 1868 elections

Answer 45

1,000 as a response to black voters

Question 46

what was majority when congress vetoes Johnson's CRA veto

Answer 46

2/3

Question 47

what did the Command of the Army Act do and when was it

Answer 47

reduced Johnson's military powers 1867

Question 48

What did the military reconstruction bill do and when was it

Answer 48

1867 imposed military rule on the south

Question 49

when was the tenure of office act and what did it do what were the consequences of it

Answer 49

1867 Johnson could not remove host office holders Stanton resulting in a federal gridlock with Radical Republicans attempting to impeach Johnson

Question 50

which scandal was Grant involved in and what did it lead to the creation of

Answer 50

whiskey ring scandal 'liberal republicans'- breakaway group who were more lenient on the South

Question 51

how many of the top 10 biggest cities in the US in 1870 were in the south

Answer 51

1

Question 52

how many of the top 10 biggest cities in the US in 1890 were in the south and west

Answer 52

none (St Louis, missouri the closest) San Fransisco 8th largest

Question 53

what % of US manufactured goods were produced in the South in 1860

Answer 53

10%

Question 54

what % of US factories were in the South in 1860

Answer 54

8%

Question 55

what % of people in the South and North were working in agriculture by 1860

Answer 55

84% vs 40%

Question 56

how many immigrants to the North in 1870

Answer 56

2.7m

Question 57

stock market turnover by 1870

Answer 57

$6bn

Question 58

when was the financial crash in the 1870s

Answer 58

1873

Question 59

impacts of the 1873 crash

Answer 59

NY stock exchange closed for 10 days causing credit to dry up resulting in ¼ labourers unemployed winter of 1873-4 nationally 1million unemployed

Question 60

when were black codes mainly

Answer 60

1865-66

Question 61

example of black codes

Answer 61

vagrancy laws- made it illegal for a black person to be homeless or unemployed, so they could be forced into labour

Question 62

what are some things which unified the North and South

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Protestant Christian values traditional views of Republicanism- that individual enterprise, hard work, and free competition in open markets could bring success the rise of organised labour Hayes Comprimise made the south happier railroads

Question 63

how many individual states had passed civil rights legislation by 1895

Answer 63

15

Question 64

which southern state benefitted from oil

Answer 64

Texas

Question 65

where were textile mills built in the US

Answer 65

southern Appalachian foothills of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

Question 66

average Southern wage in 1890

Answer 66

40% less than average

Question 67

what fraction of the North and South lived in urban areas by 1880

Answer 67

South- 12% North- 25%

Question 68

when did Jim Crow laws start

Answer 68

1870s

Question 69

how many states formally adopted Jim Crow laws from 1887-1891

Answer 69

8

Question 70

how many lynchings from 1882-1899

Answer 70

2,500

Question 71

how did the number of African americans in education increase from 1877-1887

Answer 71

doubled

Question 72

what was Garfield's belief on education and why did it fail

Answer 72

thought education was key to success and should be accessible to all died before he could implement changes

Question 73

when did Mississippi introduce a literacy test

Answer 73

1890

Question 74

example of Jim Crow laws

Answer 74

couldn't live in white neighbourhoods parks forbidden

Question 75

which governor of SC was part of the 'red shirts' and what were the 'red shirts'

Answer 75

racist paramilitary group who murdered African-Americans Ben Tillman